Problem: The Candle Corporation and the Wick Company are the only producers of a very sophisticated type of flammable material. They each can engage in either a high or low level of advertising in trade journals. The payoff matrix is as follows:
Wick Company
Low Level High Level
Candle
Corp. Low Level Wick - $13 million Wick - $12 million
Candle - $12 million Candle - $11 million
High Level Wick - $12 million Wick - $11 million
Candle - $13 million Candle - $12 million
Q1. Will Candle engage in a high or a low level of advertising in trade journals?
Q2. Will Wick engage in a high or a low level of advertising in trade journals?
Q3. Is there a dominant strategy for each firm?